British Level 4 driverless pods are whizzing along ... er, a London path
What’s it like to ride in a Level 4 driverless car? About the same as sitting on the bus, really – until you think closely about what a driverless pod whizzing down a riverside cycle path is actually achieving.
The Register went for a drive in one of the driverless pods being trialled in Greenwich by the Gateway consortium. Their electric vehicles are driven by Fusion Processing's autonomous vehicle sensing and control system, named Cavstar.
Fusion’s... [Lire la suite]

The Internet of Cars: What racing ahead with connected vehicles means for UK SMEs
17 February 2016 · By Alexander Nicholson
Belief that driverless vehicles could soon accelerate off the pages of science fiction and into our every day lives has become a serious likelihood for 2016, so we’ve looked at what these means for the UK’s businesses.
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, autonomous vehicles were the hot topic as nine major automakers exhibited there. GPU chip maker Nvidia kicked off the week’s... [Lire la suite]

The live test "will start early in 2017 with a limited number of semi-autonomous cars and will expand in 2018 to include up to 100 autonomous cars, making it the most extensive test program on British roads" said the brand in a statement.London is the second city chosen by Volvo to launch these vehicles, after Gothenburg, where it has its headquarters and where the general public tests should also start next year. Tests supervised by Volvo engineers began on the streets of the Swedish second agglomeration 2014. Volvo is a member, with... [Lire la suite]

Short news : see picture of NEXYAD and INTEMPORA (members of the MOV'EO Groupement ADAS) on their both at Connected Car Insurance in London last week : http://nexyad.net/Automotive-Transportation/?p=2078

NEXYAD booth at Connected Car Insurance 2016 in London
NEXYAD is proud to invite you on their booth at Connected Car Insurance 2016 in London.We will be with our partner (also member of the Moveo Groupement ADAS) INTEMPORA.
We will show the first and only onboard risk assessment module : SafetyNex
To read more : http://nexyad.net/Automotive-Transportation/?p=2064

London Underground reveals new driverless Tube train designs for 2022
A new design for Tube trains across the London Underground network has been revealed.
Passengers will be able to ride the new trains from 2022 when they arrive on the Piccadilly Line, followed by the Bakerloo, Central and Waterloo & City lines.
Commuters will no doubt welcome a new “air-cooling” system on the carriages. It’s not quite air-con, but it’s the closest we’ll get.
Passengers will also be able to walk through the trains from end to end in the... [Lire la suite]

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